Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 32695
Prescription Drugs: Rural Areas
Tabled: 21 February 2025
Answered: 26 February 2025
Named DayQuestion
Pippa Heylings
Liberal Democrat — South Cambridgeshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the supply of prescription medicines in (a) rural and (b) other areas.
Answer
Karin SmythIntegrated care boards are responsible for understanding the health needs of their areas and commissioning services to meet those needs. Local authorities are required to undertake a pharmaceutical needs assessment every three years, to assess whether the...
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